Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec Decreases Stake in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec reduced its stake in Pentair plc by 52.2%, holding 30,922 shares valued at approximately $2.71 million as of their latest SEC filing.
• Analysts have mixed ratings for Pentair, with Bank of America downgrading it to "underperform" while Citigroup raised its price target from $99.00 to $125.00 and maintained a "buy" rating.
• Pentair reported earnings of $1.39 EPS, exceeding expectations, and projected Q3 2025 earnings guidance of 1.160-1.20 EPS, indicating steady growth for the company.

Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec lowered its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 52.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 30,922 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 33,711 shares during the period. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec's holdings in Pentair were worth $2,705,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Colonial Trust Co SC increased its stake in Pentair by 230.8% in the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in Pentair during the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. North Capital Inc. bought a new stake in Pentair during the first quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at $38,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho raised their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America lowered shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Barclays raised their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen cut Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and reduced their target price for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.36.

Pentair Stock Up 3.2%

NYSE:PNR traded up $3.51 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $112.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,106,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,043,010. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The firm has a market cap of $18.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.81, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.08. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $105.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $96.99. Pentair plc has a twelve month low of $74.25 and a twelve month high of $112.91.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Company Profile

Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, and Japan. The company operates through three segments: Flow, Water Solutions, and Pool. The Flow segment designs, manufactures, and sells fluid treatment and pump products and systems, including pressure vessels, gas recovery solutions, membrane bioreactors, wastewater reuse systems and advanced membrane filtration, separation systems, water disposal pumps, water supply pumps, fluid transfer pumps, turbine pumps, solid handling pumps, and agricultural spray nozzles for fluid delivery, ion exchange, desalination, food and beverage, separation technologies in the oil and gas industry, residential and municipal wells, water treatment, wastewater solids handling, pressure boosting, circulation and transfer, fire suppression, flood control, agricultural irrigation, and crop spray in residential, commercial, and industrial markets.